# The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997, Regulation 10: Works applications: payment of grant by area agency


(1) An area agency shall not pay a grant in respect of a works application unless—
(a) the works in respect of which the grant was approved have been completed by the registered installer specified in the application, or by another registered installer approved by the area agency for the purpose of carrying out those works;
(b) a claim in respect of those works complying with paragraph (2) accompanies the application; and
(c) in a case in which the area agency have inspected the dwelling, they are satisfied that the works comply with the standards (if any) applicable under regulation 5(5)—
(i) in a case to which regulation 8(4) applies, as at the date when the application was received by the registered installer, and
(ii) in any other case, as at the date when the application was received by the area agency.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a claim for payment of a grant arising out of a works application shall be in such form as is specified by the area agency and shall be endorsed upon the form of application (if any) specified by the area agency for that description of works application.
(3) The claim for payment shall contain such particulars as may be specified by the area agency and shall include signed and dated declarations as follows:—
(a) by the applicant (or a person specified or of a description specified by the area agency) and the registered installer, that the works have been carried out;
(b) by the registered installer, that the works were not started before notice was given to the applicant in accordance with paragraph (4)(a) of regulation 8 or, in a case to which paragraph (2) or (5) of that regulation applies, to the applicant and the registered installer in accordance with regulation 9(4)(b)(i); and
(c) by the registered installer, that the works comply with the standards (if any) applicable under regulation 5(5)—
(i) in a case to which regulation 8(4) applies, as at the date when the application was received by the registered installer, and
(ii) in any other case, as at the date when the application was received by the area agency.
(4) Where the conditions for payment are satisfied, the area agency shall, within a reasonable time after the conditions for payment have been satisfied, pay the grant on behalf of the applicant to the registered installer.
(5) Where the registered installer specified in the application has carried out the works but the condition set out in paragraph (1)(c) is not satisfied and the applicant arranges for another registered installer (“the second installer”) to complete the works so that that condition is satisfied, the area agency shall, within a reasonable time of that condition and the other conditions for payment having been satisfied,—
(a) pay to the second installer the lesser of—
(i) the amount properly charged for the works done by him, and
(ii) the amount of grant calculated as required under regulation 6 for the works in question at the time they were carried out; and
(b) pay to the registered installer specified in the application any balance after deducting the amount paid to the second installer from the amount of the grant calculated as required under regulation 6.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/790/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-efficiency-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-10
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